I picked up my very first
Formula X by Sephora polish while on holiday in Barcelona.
Solar Flare is part of the
Liquid Crystals collection and is described on the
website as a
'pink micro-glitter in sheer strawberry'. This polish looks really delicious in the bottle, a vibrant pink-red base stuffed with a glass-fleck, golden pink shimmer, and thankfully this all translates beautifully to the nail.
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare |
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare |
The
formula was lovely. I used
two coats in these photographs and this gave an even,
opaque finish. There is a slight hint of visible-nail-line in a couple of pictures but this was only seen in direct sunlight and really not that apparent in reality. As you can see, at certain angles the micro-shimmer in this polish catches the light and you get that gorgeous golden sheen.
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare |
Formula X polishes are fairly pricey (I paid around 15€) but at least the chunky bottle and stylish lid give it a premium feel. In case you were wondering, the large black cap comes off, and there is a simple round brush handle underneath. The
brush is great, it's nice and narrow so you can paint really precisely around the cuticle, but still spreads out well to cover the whole nail.
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare |
Whilst the polish looks great on its own, I thought I would test it
over a base colour. Since it's a jelly formula, it is possible to layer this over other colours for different effects. First I tried it over a coordinating base colour, Nails Inc - Piccadilly Circus, which helped erase any suggestion of VNL whilst staying true to the original Solar Flare colour.
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare (1 coat over Nails Inc - Piccadilly Circus) |
Next I used Solar Flare over a black base, which let the fine glitter stand out. This was actually trickier than it looks because although the polish is a jelly, it's quite an opaque jelly, so it needs to be applied very thinly to allow the black to show through.
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare (1 coat over a black base) |
Finally, I used two coats of Solar Flare on its own and topped it with a
matte top coat. I love this effect! It looks a bit like soft suede.
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| Sephora Formula X - Solar Flare + matte top coat |
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(As far as I know, Sephora do not ship nail polishes to the UK, so these are ones to look out for on holiday)
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